. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. New Netherland. After ten years, Kieft was reraov^ed, and (^uaint old PeterStuyvesant was appointed in his place governor of New Neth-erland. He was an honest old fellow, and wanted to havethe colony prosper, but he was headstrong and tyrannical,and was not willing to listen to the people, or to allow themany voice in their own government. Althouo-h the Dutch claimed the entire coast as far as theDelaware, some Swedes started a settlement, in 1638, below Philadelphia, and named itChristina, after their Swedes
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. New Netherland. After ten years, Kieft was reraov^ed, and (^uaint old PeterStuyvesant was appointed in his place governor of New Neth-erland. He was an honest old fellow, and wanted to havethe colony prosper, but he was headstrong and tyrannical,and was not willing to listen to the people, or to allow themany voice in their own government. Althouo-h the Dutch claimed the entire coast as far as theDelaware, some Swedes started a settlement, in 1638, below Philadelphia, and named itChristina, after their Swedes followed, andsoon a hundred families weresettled near there. So manyof them had homes on thebanks of the Delaware thatthe country was called NewSweden. There were some quarrelsbetween the Swedes and theDutch, and, in 1(355, GovernorStuyvesant attacked and cap-tured New Sweden, but thecolonists prospered under theDutch, as they did afterwardsas English subjects. stuyvesant Rousing the Dutch. Now, England had never given up her claims to New Netherland, and English set-. 88 HAZEXS ELEMENTARY HISTORY LLSSON.—The English took New York in 1664, and the Dutchrecaptured it in 1673, but, after the vrar ceased, gave it back to England,and it w^as a royal province until the Revolution. tiers on Long Lslantl and in Connecticut |)ai<l no attention toStuyvesants threats. Finally the English thought Ijest toenforce their claim, and, in August, 1()()4, a small fleet cameup the bay and demanded the surrender of the city. Stuy vesaut began to prepare to repel the fleet, and stumpedabout the town on his wooden lee;, determined never to yield.
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